LCF rip it up at Oxfam

A successful collaboration with Oxfam has lead to original student and graduate work from London College of Fashion being sold in the relaunched Oxfam boutiques. Womenswear designers Gabrielle Miller and Ada Zanditon, and accessories designers Julia Crew and Laura Queening were celebrated at the launch alongside one off pieces from Giles Deacon, Henry Holland, Richard Sorger and Christopher Kane. The three stores- Westbourne Grove, Kings Road and Chiswick - will sell the pieces along with collections from People Tree, Amana, Junky Styling, Kitty Cooper, and Poppy Valentine.

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Fair trade work opportunities in Mexico

Carla Fernandez, winner of the British Council 2008 International Young Fashion Entrepreneur (IYFE) award, is looking for two fashion designers to work with her in Mexico for five months.
Carla is founder of Taller Flora, a fashion label and mobile laboratory that travels throughout Mexico visiting indigenous communities, including those that specialise in handmade textiles. Taller Flora has developed a unique style and is a leader through its business model of a fair-trade network and environmental policies that encourage responsible practice in the fashion industry.
As part of her IYFE award Carla is recruiting a printed textile designer and a menswear designer to join the Taller Flora team as paid employees in Mexico for five months. Please pass on the attached flyer to anyone who you think might be interested. The deadline for applications is 16 June 2008.
Further information about the programme can be found at here or by contacting Beatrice Pembroke

Dilys Williams, Director for Sustainable Fashion, featured in Times Higher

Dilys Williams, director of the new Centre for Sustainable Fashion, looks to a greener future for the clothes we wear.
Fashion has "almost redefined" itself as something highly disposable, according to Dilys Williams, but it is time to reverse the trend.

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